2 injured in separate shootings on South, West Side

A man and a teen were wounded within minutes of each other in separate shootings Wednesday night on the city's South and West Sides.

The first shooting happened about 9:18 p.m. on the 1800 block of South Harding Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said.

Preliminary reports said a 19-year-old man was riding in a vehicle when he heard shots and felt pain. He suffered a gunshot wound to his back and was taken in stable condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.

About seven minutes later a 16-year-old boy was shot on the South Side in the South Shore neighborhood, police said.

That shooting happened in the 7600 block of South Essex Avenue. Preliminary reports said the youth was approached by an assailant who shot him in the foot. He was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center where he was treated and released.